wines for winter – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg wines for winter – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 #WineWednesday: Wines to Drink on a Snow Day http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wine-on-wednesday-what-to-drink-on-a-snow-day/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wine-on-wednesday-what-to-drink-on-a-snow-day/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:44:16 +0000 http://ingoodtasteblog.net/?p=1133 THIS JUST IN: it snowed in Chicago. When I moved here everyone warned me about the brutally cold winters, the biting wind and the endlessly dreary gray skies that would usurp the horizon from November – May. I prepared for that with a down coat and boots that aren’t quite waterproof but warm enough. My friends warned me that the city slows down in the winter and people hibernate, only to emerge around Memorial Day for alfresco dining and drinking on rooftop bars. What they didn’t tell me was that when it snows, the city turns all “Apocalypse Now” and highways close, businesses shutter and people raid grocery shelves like food is going out of style. I get it – severe weather is serious business. But when I moved to Chicago I expected snow to be the norm – not breaking news – and I expected snow days to be very few and far between, if at all. Today, however, was a snow day. Since I work from home I couldn’t very well justify taking the day off for snowy shenanigans but from what I could gather from my friends’ Facebook and Twitter updates, there were quite a few corks […]

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